“Betwe­en the 10th and the 13th July, “Vio­let” went on demons­tra­ti­on at IBM.

This oppor­tu­nity sur­fa­ced from the EX.I.T.E (EXplo­re the Inte­rests for Tech­no­logy and Engi­ne­e­ring), ini­ti­a­ti­ve that has been orga­ni­zed in Por­tu­gal sin­ce 2005 and from IBM’s soci­al res­pon­si­bi­lity prac­ti­ces.

This glo­bal pro­gram aims to con­tri­bu­te to the reduc­ti­on on gen­der dis­pa­rity, namely brid­ge the ease of access to col­la­bo­ra­ti­ve work on the are­as of engi­ne­e­ring and sci­en­ces, for young girls with ages com­pri­sed from 11 to 13 years old.

“Vio­let” was a suc­cess, spe­ci­ally becau­se of the rela­ti­ve recent con­cept that is 3D Prin­ting, and more so when one rea­li­zes that such a inno­va­ti­on can be achi­e­ved by sim­ple group col­la­bo­ra­ti­on.”

This is not, but could as well be the start of a tour for vio­let. So to all of you that are rea­ding out the­re, if you want Vio­let to visit your scho­ol, your com­pany, your col­lec­ti­ve… form a group, wri­te the group names on a list and drop us a mail, chan­ces are you will be seeing Vio­let Live soon, here’s the press rele­a­se appro­ved by IBM…